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	SEMINAR
	Cape to Cairo in a Colonial Cocoon Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Seminar Room A - Coombs Bldg 9 Rm 1002 The paper will focus on the aspect of the recently transcribed and analysed diary and letters written by Historian Jessie Webb during the journey of two Melbourne women from Cape Town to Cairo. more»

SEMINAR

Real animals and ocean processes - Krill, whales and ecosystem productivity
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Evolution, Ecology & Genetics Seminar Rm, Building 116, Daley Rd

Has the role of larger animals in ocean processes been underestimated? Animals have been shown to significantly affect turbulent mixing, carbonate chemistry and nutrient transfer. Additionally, there are suggestions that animals such as whales and krill can be key players in the cycling of limiting nutrients, particularly iron, in the surface layer.

SEMINAR

Governing Educational Desire: Culture, Politics and Schooling in China
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
PSC Reading Room, Level 4, Hedley Bull Centre

This talk, based on a forthcoming book, examines educational desire in China in the broadest possible political and cultural framework. The consequences of this desire are vast-influencing household and national economic priorities, birth rates, ethnic relations, aesthetic judgments and patterns of governance-and its causes complex.

PUBLIC LECTURE

The Protection of Human Rights in Australia - A Way Forward, The Alice Tay Lecture on Law & Human Rights 2009
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Finkel Theatre, The John Curtain School of Medical Research, Building 131, Garran Road

In this lecture Ms Kostakidis will discuss the themes that emerged from the 40,000 responses that were received during this consultation and outline the suite of measures which the committee saw as the way forward to better protect and promote human rights and responsibilities.